Re: new z-wave gateway

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Bill Kearney wrote:
>> I didn't see anything in the zControl feature list
>> that isn't doable with existing gear.  No "killer app" in other
>> words.
>
> Existing gear is often a clusterfuck of mix-and-match complexity, or
> exhorbitantly overpriced.
>
>> I suspect the housing downturn and the threat of devastating
>> litigation may
>> cause the shakeout of more than one player in the HA market.  About
>> the only
>> thing I'm sure of is that it won't be X-10.
>
> X-10's done nothing new, still sucks and is still a hack
> implementation.
> The market could certainly benefit from a more reasonably priced
> plug-and-play approach.

The zControl box looks nice but I'd like to see just how good the
software is. zWave seems to be coming on strong with a lot of different
appliance manufacturers getting on board. That, I think, will be the key
to its success if the technology works well.  I've replaced most of my
X10 stuff with Insteon which is robust but lagging in the control area.